[1:29] Andrea Jenkins: GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MY NAME IS ANDREA JENKINS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, AND I AM GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JULY 20TH. [1:48] Andrea Jenkins: THIS MORNING WE HAVE ONE MAGICAL RESOLUTION TO PRESENT, WHICH WE WILL DO BEFORE TAKING UP OUR REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS, AND THAT RESOLUTION IS BEING OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBIN WONSLEY REPRESENTING THE SECOND WARD. [2:17] Andrea Jenkins: AND IT IS A RESOLUTION HONORING BLACK GIRL MAGIC. I JUST WANT TO NAME SOME OF THE HONOREES, JOY MARSH, CHAZ SANDERFORD, ALBERTA GILLESPIE, ROSE MCGEE, ROSE LYNN HARMAN. JANAE BATES. TINA TAYLOR, AMBER Z. JONES, ROXANNE O'BRIEN. JANELLE AUSTIN. LESLIE REDMAN, ANICA BUOY HILL HALEY MARIA PREZ CYNTHIA WILSON, ABINA ABRAHAM, KENYA MACKNIGHT, DEANNA C. CONOVER, TOWANA BLACK, DANIELLE KOLLEY AND ROSETADELONY. I'M PROUD TO SAY I KNOW ALL OF THESE AMAZING WOMEN, AND THEY ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN AND JOIN YOU GUYS WHILE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY READS THIS RESOLUTION. [4:03] Robin Wonsley: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I DO WANT TO PREWARN YOU ALL. I AM GOING TO BE READING NAMES AGAIN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT NAMED AND THIS IS A DAY TO HONOR BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK GIRLS. AS I NAME IN THE INVITATION, BLACK WOMEN ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY AND DEMOCRACY, THEY'RE AT THE FOREFRONT OF SO MUCH CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY OFTEN ARE NOT RECOGNIZED LIKE THEY SHOULD BE, FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO, FOR ALL THE LABOR THEY POUR INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, INTO OUR PEOPLE. THIS MORNING IS THE DAY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO UPLIFT AND HONOR THE BLACK WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO DO SO MUCH FOR US AND OFTENTIMES DON'T EVEN GET A THANK YOU. SO THIS IS YOUR DAY. I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE I CAN'T FORGET THIS PIECE, IT'S GREAT TO HONOR THIS DAY ON THE SAME DAY THAT QUEEN BEYONCÉ IS COMING TO -- I ALSO WANT TO THROW OUT WARD TWO HUNTINGTON BANK STADIUM. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE OUR QUEEN COMING IN WHO IS A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION OF BLACK GIRL MAGIC, BLACK WOMEN MAGIC, JUST LIKE YOU ALL ARE. I'M GOING TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES COME UP TO READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO READ EACH INDIVIDUAL NAME SO I CAN GIVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ALL A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION. I'M SO EXCITED. THIS IS THE MOST I THINK BLACK WOMEN HAVE EVER PACKED THE CHAMBER. THIS IS A HISTORICAL DAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP. IF I CAN HAVE MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS. I KNOW IT'S LIKE A CLUB MOMENT IN HERE. [6:08] Andrea Jenkins: ALL RIGHT. SO HONORING AND RECOGNIZING BLACK GIRL MAGIC IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS 2013 CREATED THE HASHTAG BLACK GIRLS ARE MAGIC TO CELEBRATE AND UPLIFT THE VOICES OF BLACK WOMEN. THAT HASHTAG WAS LATER SHORTED TO BLACK GIRL MAGIC AND WHEREAS 7 PERCENT OF ALL MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AND WHERE IS INTERSECTIONAL SYSTEMS OF RACIAL AND GENDER BASED OPPRESSION DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY OF BLACK WOMEN. THIS HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY AND PERSISTS TODAY. AND WHEREAS... [7:10] Robin Wonsley: AND WHEREAS, DESPITE CONSTANTLY BEING UNDERSERVED AND CRIMINALIZED FOR THEIR HAIR, CLOTHES AND CULTURE, BLACK WOMEN ARE STRONG AND PUSH BEYOND ALL BARRIERS, EVEN WHILE INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO DEPRIVE THEM DUE TO THEIR CONTINUED RESILIENCE, AND WHEREAS THE CHALLENGES OF BLACK WOMEN ENCOUNTER-- I'M SORRY, WHEREAS THE CHALLENGES BLACK WOMEN ENCOUNTER DEMONSTRATE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CAN DO MORE TO BUILD A SOCIETY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS TRULY ACCEPTED AND CAN SUCCEED, AND... [7:57] Jeremiah Ellison: WHEREAS IT IS IMPERATIVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE NOT MYTHICAL BEINGS OR SUPERHUMAN. RATHER, THEIR MAGIC LIES WITHIN THEIR AUTHENTICITY, THEIR CAPACITY FOR LOVE AND THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND WHEREAS BLACK GIRL MAGIC SIGNIFIES THE CELEBRATION OF AN UNSTOPPABLE, UNRELENTING AND RADIANT JOY THAT ENDURES DESPITE CHALLENGES. IT REPRESENTS MAKING ROOM FOR OTHERS WHILE ALSO MAKING YOUR PLACE AND WHEREAS BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS LEADING WITH PASSION, INTELLECT AND UNWAVERING DETERMINATION, THEIR ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE AND CREATING A MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY. [8:43] Andrew Johnson: AND WHEREAS BLACK WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND VITALITY OF OUR CITY, THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND INNOVATION CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS BLACK GIRL MAGIC REPRESENTS THE CELEBRATION OF UNIQUENESS, AUTHENTICITY AND SELF-LOVE. IT REMINDS US THAT EVERY BLACK WOMAN AND GIRL POSSESSES A SPECIAL MAGIC WITHIN THEM DESERVING OF ADMIRATION AND RESPECT AND WHEREAS BEYONCÉ IS AN ICON OF BLACK GIRL MAGIC, INSPIRING MILLIONS TO BE PROUD DIVAS AND TO CLAIM THEIR POWER AND BEAUTY. JULY 20TH, 2023, BEYONCÉ WILL BE PERFORMING IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018. [9:33] Robin Wonsley: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY CELEBRATE AND HONOR BLACK GIRL MAGIC AND ALL BLACK GIRLS AND WOMEN IN OUR CITY, AND FURTHER THAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WELCOMES BEYONCÉ TO OUR CITY. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. SO THE FUN PART. [10:45] Robin Wonsley: COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST NAMED ALL OF YOU ALL. WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT ALL AGAIN. IF I COULD HAVE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES JOIN SO I CAN MAKE SURE EVERY ONE OF YOU GET A COPY. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. [11:02] Robin Wonsley: THIS IS NOT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. YES. AWESOME. FIRST WE WANT TO HONOR JOY MARSH. COME THROUGH, GRAB A RESOLUTION. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR CHAZ SANDERFORD. PLEASE COME THROUGH. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR DIRECTOR ALBERTA GILLESPIE. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR MONIQUE FISCHER AND TWO OF OUR STAFF HERE MONIQUE. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR ROSE MCGEE WHO I BELIEVE IS HERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR ROSSLYN HARMAN. JUST FOR THE RECORD WE'RE HONORING MINISTER JENAE BATES AS WELL. WE'RE HONORING KORINA BOWLER. GET YOU THAT RESOLUTION. WE'RE HONORING SAMANTHA PRESTENSON. WHERE YOU AT, GIRL COME THROUGH, SAMANTHA. I LOVE IT. YOU'VE GOT THE HOOPS. BEYONCÉ READY TODAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR KATRINA TAYLOR. KATINA. WE'D LIKE TO HONOR MARSHA HOWARD, GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. SHE'S NOT HERE. >> I CAN TAKE IT FOR HER. >> SAW SOME. WE'RE GOING TO HONOR AMBER JONES. WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THE NORTH SIDE ROXANNE O'BRIEN. COME ON DOWN. ALSO ANOTHER GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE SCENE, WE'RE HONORING JANELLE AUSTIN. I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S HERE TODAY. BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE QUEEN. WE'RE HONORING THE ONLY LESLIE REDMAN, COME DOWN, QUEEN, COME DOWN. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION AND HER MAMA. YOU'VE GOT TO HONOR MAMAS TOO, MS. VANESSA CORLEY. ALSO, ST. PAUL PEOPLE HERE, ANIKA BOWIE. WE'RE ALSO HONORING OUR YOUNG LEADERS RAHIL HALEY. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT AGAIN ST. PAUL PEOPLE STATE REP MARIA ISA. COME DOWN, QUEEN. WE HAVE ALSO CYNTHIA WILSON. WE'RE HONORING HER TODAY. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. YES. WE'RE HONORING TOSHIRA GAROWAY. ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE RECOGNIZING ABINA ABRAHAM AS WELL. WE HAVE ANOTHER NORTH SIDE QUEEN, KENYA MCKNIGHT. NORTH SIDE. WE'RE HONORING DEANNA CONOVER. WE'RE HONORING LATONA REEVES. NEXT WE HAVE TAWANA BLACK WE'RE HONORING TODAY. YES. NEXT WE'RE HONORING DANIELLE MCCAULLEY. COME DOWN. NEXT WE'RE HONORING RASHITA VELONEY. COME ON DOWN. NEXT UP CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU, GINA OBIRI. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ALICIA KRUDUP. MESSING UP YOUR LAST NAME. I'M SORRY. KRUDUP. I'M SORRY. NEXT WE HAVE FAHEYA DEL. COME ON DOWN FAHEYA. NEXT WE HAVE ANDREA PIERRE. COME ON DOWN ANDREA. YES. ALL RIGHT. OUR OWN DIVA, WHERE IS NITA KELLOGG. YES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, QUEEN. >> ANOTHER CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS GEM. WE HAVE RISHMA CADO. WE HAVE REBECCA TOWLES. I'M SORRY, IT'S HOT IN HERE, Y'ALL. WE'LL MAIL IT TO HER BUT WANT TO HONOR HER. WE HAVE SEGA. SEGA, COME ON DOWN. WE HAVE BRITT HOWELL. WHERE IS BRITT, MS. BRITT. NEXT WE HAVE MARQUETA STEVENS. COME ON DOWN MARQUETA. WE HAVE DEONDRA AVERY. COME ON DOWN, DEONDRA. IF NOT WE WILL MAIL IT TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH QUEEN. NEXT WE HAVE DECHAVON JOHNSON. WHERE YOU AT, DECHAVON. COME ON, NORTH SIDE. COME ON, MAMA. YES SHEVON. WE HAVE CANDACE HANSON. WE'LL HONOR HER, MAKE SURE SHE GETS A COPY. NEXT MARISA STEVENSON. YES, LET'S GO BCR. YES. NEXT WE HAVE PRISCILLA STALLINGS. WE HAVE SHANINE WHAR. THERE YOU GO SHANINE. WE HAVE HELEN GREEP. SORRY I MISPRONOUNCED WITH YOUR NAME. NEXT WE HAVE MELISSA ADAMS. WE HAVE ESTHER OBAJI, OUR STATE REP. WE HAVE GEORGIA FORCE. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE OUR ZUMBA QUEEN VALERIE FLORINTINEN. ANOTHER CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS GEM, MALAYSIA. COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT -- I THINK MY TEAM CAPTURED EVERYONE. IF YOU ARE NOT, PLEASE, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR DAY. WAIT. WHERE AM I? DR. JOY LEWIS, COME DOWN, OUR HEALER, YES. I AM SO SORRY. YES. THANK YOU. [21:25] Robin Wonsley: WELL, THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THOUSANDS OF BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE SHOWING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE COULD TAKE A MORNING IN THIS PLACE TO HONOR AND UPLIFT YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. CARRY THAT BLACK GIRL MAGIC INTO THE WORLD LET'S KEEP CHANGING IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LOVE YOU ALL. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PACK YOU ALL IN. NEXT TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A DANCE PARTY AT CITY HALL FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ... [26:58] Andrea Jenkins: WOW, THAT WAS QUITE EXCITING I DO WANT TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PATIENCE WITH THIS JOYFUL RESOLUTION THIS MORNING, AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THAT WE DO HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. [27:47] Casey Carl (City Clerk): COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. [28:18] Andrea Jenkins: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT WE HAVE THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA COLLEAGUES, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. I'LL ASK ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO TODAY'S AGENDA? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. [28:54] Lisa Goodman: THERE IS A MOTION TO AMEND IT, MADAM PRESIDENT. [28:54] Robin Wonsley: OH. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. [28:54] Linea Palmisano: WE BELIEVE IT'S JUST ON THE ITEM ITSELF, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT WILL BE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE LATER IN A REPORT. WE DON'T BELIEVE THE MATTER ITSELF NEEDS TO BE AMENDED. CERTAINLY REFERRING TO THE AUTHOR I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. [29:18] Andrea Jenkins: SEEING NO AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [29:42] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL]. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [29:42] Andrea Jenkins: THAT CARRIES, AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 28. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [30:00] Casey Carl (City Clerk): COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT PAL COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. [30:17] Andrea Jenkins: COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO THE PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION, PLEASE. >> SO MOVED. >> CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [30:52] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL]. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [30:52] Andrea Jenkins: THAT CARRIES, AND THOSE MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR STANDING COMMITTEES, BEGINNING WITH REPORTS FROM OUR BUSINESS, INSPECTIONS, HOUSING & ZONING COMMITTEE. THE REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED BY CHAIR GOODMAN. [31:13] Lisa Goodman: THANK YOU, THE BUSINESS, INSPECTIONS, HOUSING & ZONING IS BRINGING SEVEN ITEMS FORWARD FOR APPROVAL THIS MORNING. ITEM ONE IS EXPANSION OF PREMISE FOR THOMAS WATCH BAR. ITEM TWO ARE LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVALS. THREE ARE THE RENEWALS. FOUR ARE THE GAMBLING RENEWALS. FIVE IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PROPERTY AT 1504 44TH AVENUE NORTH. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS CONTRACT TO PERFORM CRITICAL LAB TESTING. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS THE DEED YOUTH AT WORK GRANT AWARD ACCEPTING $1.5 MILLION GRANT. I WILL MOVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN FOR APPROVAL THIS MORNING. [31:55] Andrea Jenkins: COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN HAS MOVED THAT COMMITTEE'S REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WILL JUST COMMENT ON THE DEED GRANT OF $1.5 MILLION THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING OUR STEP-UP PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PROGRAMS COUPLED WITH OUR URBAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM, THAT HELPS TO BRING YOUNG STUDENTS OF COLOR INTO THIS INSTITUTION BUT OTHER INSTITUTIONS ALL AROUND THE CITY, AND I'M THRILLED THAT THAT IS A PROJECT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [32:43] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL]. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [33:03] Andrea Jenkins: THAT CARRIES, AND THAT REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT COMMITTEE REPORT IS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, AND THAT REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE CHAIR, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT PALMISANO. [33:25] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THIS CYCLE, WE HAD A REPORT BACK ON THIRD PRECINCT ENGAGEMENT. TO THAT END WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING. THE FIRST IS YOUR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CO-LOCATING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE THIRD PRECINCT WITHIN OUR PRECINCT FACILITIES. SECOND IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ TO ELIMINATE THE THIRD PRECINCT LOCATION AT 3,000 MINNEHAHA AND FURTHER THAT THE CITY EXPRESSES COMMITMENT NOT TO HOUSE ANY POLICE FACILITY OR FUNCTIONS AT THIS SITE. I'LL MOVE BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. [34:11] Andrea Jenkins: COUNCILMEMBER VICE PRESIDENT HAS MOVED THAT COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY IN QUEUE. [34:11] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT LAST YEAR I LED THE COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE ABOUT $100,000 FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE FUTURE OF LAKE AND MINNEHAHA, THE SITE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLD 3RD PRECINCT SEVERAL MONTH LONG ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AROUND TWO OPTIONS THAT WE WERE TOLD WERE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS. AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY FOR REJECTING BOTH AND ALLOWING OUR LEADERSHIP TO COME FORWARD WITH ANOTHER OPTION, A THIRD OPTION NOW. SO I WANT TO JUST SAY KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNITY WHO CONTINUE TO BE RIGHT TYPICALLY ALL THE TIME. THEY WERE RIGHT ABOUT THIS BEING A FALSE CHOICE, AND THEY'RE ALSO RIGHT ABOUT WANTING AND NEEDING AND DESERVING TO BE INVOLVED IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE OF THE 3,000 MINNEHAHA SITE. CITY LEADERSHIP HAS ASSURED MY OFFICE THAT AFTER THIS LONG PAINFUL PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH, THAT PROCESS WILL NOT BE CUTTING INTO THE $100,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR INDEPENDENT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND THAT WE WILL START WORKING WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE FURTHER CO-OPTATION OR MISS DIRECTION OF THAT PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S MOTION AND ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO WORK WITH OUR CITY LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ROLLING OUT THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN THE ORIGINAL INTENT THAT IT WAS CREATED TO DO. IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUESTS AND DEMANDS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TO LIVE WITH THE TRAUMATIC EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE THIRD PRECINCT AND EVEN PRIOR TO. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE ON THAT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE DEVELOPMENTS AS WE ROLL OUT THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. [36:18] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT IS THAT PROCESS, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS NOT DEVELOPED AT THIS POINT, SO I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL ENTAIL ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I SEE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT IN QUEUE. [36:37] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I SHOULD HAVE MADE IT CLEAR WHEN I MOVED THESE. I'D LIKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS TODAY. I WANT TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OR NONPRESENCE OF HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE THIRD PRECINCT ENGAGEMENT REPORT HAS A LOT IN IT, AND IT MOSTLY SAYS IT'S COMPLICATED, AND I'M STILL TAKING THAT IN. YET, IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE, AND IN OUR DISCUSSION AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WAS THAT FIVE OF THE SIX CURATED DEMOGRAPHIC CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HELD THROUGH THIS PROCESS CALLED FOR AN INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENCE AND SERVICES IN THEIR COMMUNITY. I AM GRATEFUL FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS IN HER FINDING A THIRD WAY HERE TO AT LEAST MID-TERM AND PERHAPS LONG TERM HOW TO HOUSE THE THIRD PRECINCT IN A THIRD LOCATION, AND TO HAVE US REALLY CONSIDER THAT VERY SERIOUSLY HERE AND QUICKLY. THE ACTION TO ELIMINATE ANY SORT OF MPD PRESENCE FOREVER FROM ONE OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS FOREVER SEEMS TO REALLY FLY DIRECTLY IN THE FACE OF THIS REPORT AND NOT COMPLEMENT THIS REPORT OR WHERE WE ARE AT IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT MOTION TODAY. I REALLY WANT TO SINK INTO THIS REPORT A LITTLE MORE. I REALISTICALLY AM NOT SURE WE'LL EVER MOVE POLICE BACK INTO THAT LOCATION. I DON'T REALLY SEE A WORLD WHERE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S WHERE I AM AT AS I TAKE ALL OF THIS IN TODAY. THANK YOU. [38:26] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS. TALK TO THE THREE THOUSAND MINNEHAHA SOUTH FURTHER CONSIDERATION FOR POLICE PRECINCT AND FURTHER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES COMMITMENT NOT TO HOUSE ANY FUNCTIONS AT THIS SITE. TODAY WE HAVE A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO HELP MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE MANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH YOU OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. I TOOK MY OWN TIME TO REACH MY OWN CONCLUSIONS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I REACHED OUT TO AS MANY OF MY BOARD CONSTITUENTS AS I COULD. THE ONE THING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS TOLD ME WE NEED TO DO THIS SO WE CAN HEAL SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE DO NOT REBUILD PRECINCT AT LAKE AND MINNEHAHA AT THIS LOCATION. THIS WILL HELP EASE THE CONCERNS MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ONCE WE CLOSE THIS CHAPTER BOOK ONCE AND ALL TODAY. I ASK THAT WE VOTE ON THIS AND MOVE FORWARD. [39:32] Andrew Johnson: THANK YOU, I SUPPORT THAT MOTION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HAVE MPD OFFICERS IN THE THIRD PRECINCT THAT THEY ARE SERVING. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT. I HAVE EVEN POINTED OUR STAFF MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITHIN WARD 12 WHICH COULD HOST A NEW SITE, IDEALLY ONE THAT HOPEFULLY HAS INTEGRATED SERVICES AND IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER THAN A STANDALONE PRECINCT. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THAT IS CORRECT BUT I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT, AS WELL. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH A COMMENT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MADE JUST A MOMENT AGO WHERE THEY SAID THEY DON'T SEE A WORLD WHERE WE AS A CITY RETURN OFFICERS TO THE OLD THIRD PRECINCT BUILDING, AND I AGREE WITH THAT. THERE IS NO POLITICAL PATH FORWARD FOR THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT POSSIBILITY OPEN WHEN WE KNOW ALL OF THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BUILDING AND GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER AND ALL OF THE CIVIL UNREST AND UPRISING THAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS. JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT, OF RETURNING OFFICERS TO THAT BUILDING MAKES ME QUEASY, AND I'M GUESSING THAT'S A SHARED FEELING BY OTHERS AS WELL. AND IT'S NOT JUST A BUILDING, BUT IT'S SYMBOLIC, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE SYMBOLISM OF RETURNING MPD'S THIRD PRECINCT TO THAT BUILDING? IT WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE WAY IT WAS ONLY WITH A NEW VENEER. IS THAT THE MESSAGE WE WANT TO SEND OUT TO COMMUNITY? I KNOW SOME PEOPLE SAY OH, IT'S THE LOWEST COST OPTION. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S ONLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS IN A VACUUM, AND THAT THERE ARE OFTENTIMES WITH THESE PROJECTS MUCH LARGER COSTS. I REMEMBER, AND COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN REMEMBERS THIS WITH SOUTHWEST LIGHT-RAIL. I REMEMBER SAYING LET'S GO THROUGH UPTOWN, THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. NO. NO. NO. CAN'T DO THAT. IT WILL SET THE PROJECT BACK BY SEVERAL YEARS AND IT WILL COST SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION MORE DOLLARS. IF ONLY WE HAD TRUSTED OUR INSTINCTS AT THAT TIME. THE SAME THING WITH THE ROOF DEPOT BUILDING IN THE HIAWATHA EXPANSION. OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FASTEST, THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OPTION. WELL, IF ONLY TEN YEARS AGO WE MADE A DIFFERENT CHOICE, WE WOULD HAVE THE FACILITY BUILT, AND WE WOULD HAVE COMMUNITY PURPOSE ON THAT SITE TODAY THAT WAS DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY'S VISION. SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LARGER COSTS HERE, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ ABOUT CLOSING THE DOOR ON THIS SITE. IT REALLY OPENS THE DOOR FOR FIGURING OUT A PERMANENT HOME FOR OFFICERS WITHIN THE THIRD PRECINCT. SO I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S MOTION TODAY IN HIS WORK STANDING UP FOR HIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE THIRD PRECINCT THANK YOU. [43:05] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY MYSELF AND THEN ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION. I DON'T EVER PLAN THAT THE THIRD PRECINCT COULD EVER GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS. I DON'T EVER SEE THAT AS BEING JUST A REDO OF AN OLD BUILDING. I'M EXCITED THAT IN OUR CITY WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO INTEGRATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES TOGETHER, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE FUTURE THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES PERHAPS CO-LOCATED IN ONE PLACE MIGHT ENTAIL HAVING SOME TYPE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS PART OF THAT INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTION. I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION A COUPLE DAYS AGO WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ TO CLARIFY HIS MOTION, BUT I THINK THAT THIS MOTION THAT WE'RE TAKING IS SAYING THAT NO LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD EVER BE ALLOWED BACK IN THIS BUILDING NO MATTER WHAT, NOT AS PART OF A CO-LOCATED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES IN ONE PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TYPE OF SOLUTION, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD CERTAINLY CHANGE MY MIND. I THINK THERE'S SOME MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE PUBLIC AS TO WHETHER THIS ACTION TODAY ABSOLUTELY REMOVES ANY ABILITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE AT LAKE AND MINNEHAHA AT INTEGRATED NEW PUBLIC SERVICE CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE, I MEAN TAKING A LONG VIEW, SO SIMILAR TO THE LIGHT WEST RAIL COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT we SIT HERE AND WE'RE NOT -- THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE LONG VIEW AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR CITY. I APPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF TAKING AND MAKING THIS DECISION TODAY. THANK YOU. [44:59] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. I KNOW SOUTHWEST IS SOMEWHAT FAR AWAY FROM THE THIRD PRECINCT, BUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND ALSO THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ENGAGEMENT SESSION WHERE OVER 1,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED, I DON'T THINK YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ANY OF THE SESSIONS, BUT RESIDENTS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE POLICE GO BACK INTO THAT SITE. THEY MADE IT CLEAR TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO THAT THEY DO NOT WANT POLICE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GO BACK INTO THAT SITE. IN LIGHT OF THAT, THAT IS WHY THIS BODY OFFERING SOME CLARIFICATION AND CONTEXT TO THE QUESTION YOU RAISED, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS WHY THIS BODY PASSED $100,000 IN ARPA FUNDING TO DO A THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT PROCESS SO THE COMMUNITY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A SAY OVER DECIDING WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE IS, SO COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, I WANT TO KNOW. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE KIND OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. WE HAVE A PROCESS THIS BODY HAS APPROVED AND ALLOCATED MONEY TOWARDS TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO BE A DECISIVE FIGURE, A KEY DECISION-MAKING PARTNER WHICH THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN THIS PROCESS SO FAR AROUND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THAT SITE INTO SOMETHING ACTUALLY TO MEET THEIR PURPOSE, MAYBE NOT WHAT YOU'RE CITING BECAUSE I KNOW SOUTHWEST IS FAR AWAY, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING PART OF WHAT THAT SPACE CAN BE TO SERVE THEIR NEEDS. THAT IS NOT ONLY REFLECTED IN THIS REPORT BUT AGAIN IF YOU GO VISIT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING THIRD PRECINCT COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING AROUND THIS AND HAVE ASKED CITY LEADERSHIP TO STEP UP AND LISTEN TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT FOR THAT SITE TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, THEN I THINK YOUR COMMENTS AND MAYBE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S MOTION WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT OF THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RESPONSIVE IN WHAT OUR RESIDENTS IN THE THIRD PRECINCT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO TO BE PART OF REIMAGINING WHAT THAT SITE CAN BE AND HOPEFULLY FROM A PLACE THAT CENTERS RECONCILIATION EMPOWERMENT. IT'S DONE SO IN A TRAUMA INFORMED WAY, AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START THAT WORK AND HAVE BEEN. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S MOTION AGAIN SO WE CAN FINALLY DO THAT. [47:27] Lisa Goodman: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I INDICATED AT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MY INFORMED OPINION THAT COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S POSITION IS THE CORRECT POSITION, AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF THAT, AND I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ EVEN AFTER THAT MEETING AND REITERATED MY SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT PRECINCTS IN THE CITY OVERALL, AND THE FIRST PRECINCT IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO BE ABLE TO CO-LOCATE A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT GO ALL THE WAY FROM VIOLENCE PREVENTION TO SOCIAL SERVICES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS'S SUGGESTION THAT WE MOVE THE THIRD PRECINCT OFFICERS TO THAT LOCATION ON MID-TERM BASIS MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE. BUT WHAT SHOULDN'T TAKE SEVERAL YEARS IS TO HAVE -- DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FORMER THIRD PRECINCT AND THE WAY IT LOOKS IN THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. IT IS JUST SIMPLY EMBARRASSING AS A CITY TO HAVE A LIGHT-RAIL LINE COMING FROM THE AIRPORT INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AND A BOARDED, VACANT, CHAINED-OFF BUILDING LOOKING LIKE IT DOES IN THAT LOCATION. THAT, IN MY OPINION, SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THAT ISSUE ON AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE STRONG FEELINGS WITHIN MPD WITH REGARD TO THAT BEING THEIR HOME I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT HERITAGE PRESERVATION, AND YET WE LOSE BUILDINGS EVERY DAY TO CHANGE. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES RIGHT NOW AND NOT ONLY ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF CO-LOCATING DIFFERENT SERVICES IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS JUST NO POLITICAL OR PERSONAL APPETITE TO REUSE THAT BUILDING EVEN FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THERE'S EVEN LESS APPETITE IN MY OPINION TO HAVE THE BUILDING SITTING THERE LOOKING LIKE THAT. THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FAILURE, AND I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THE PATH TOWARDS FAILURE OF ALLOWING THAT BUILDING TO SIT LIKE THAT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AS MANY OF US DO SINCE WE WERE IN THESE JOBS DURING THAT VERY TRAUMATIC TIME, THAT WE NEED TO TAKE LEADERSHIP NOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE ON. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S MOTION ALLOWS US TO TAKE A POSITION AND MOVE ON AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO WITH THAT SPACE THAT HAS A TRAUMA INFORMED HEALING COMPONENT. THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE, AND I DO AGREE. I'VE GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF CONTACT FROM PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS THIRD PRECINCT AREA, AND THEY WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT. I DO DISAGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE THIRD PRECINCT. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ SHAKING HIS HEAD, SO I KNOW HE AGREES ALSO. IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE NEED THAT. THERE'S NO UNANIMITY SURROUNDING WE DON'T WANT POLICE, BUT WE'LL THINK ABOUT HOW WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD, AND I WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE TO THIS CONVERSATION TODAY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU. [50:51] Emily Koski: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST ALSO WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE INTO THIS CONVERSATION, BEING THE COUNCILMEMBER IN WARD 11, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF WARD 11 IS PART OF THE THIRD PRECINCT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING BOTH OF THESE MOTIONS TODAY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, AS COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN SAID. WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED US TO DO THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT 3,000 MINNEHAHA IS OUR ANSWER FOR POLICE. BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE THIRD PRECINCT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ALSO SUPPORTING THE MOTION BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS BECAUSE AS WE REIMAGINE WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY LOOKS LIKE, THIS WILL GIVE US MORE TIME TO ALLOW US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE OUR OFFICERS IN A SPACE THAT IS SAFE, IS CLOSER TO THE THIRD PRECINCT, AND CAN STILL GIVE THEM ACCESS IN THE MEANTIME WHILE WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS. AND SO TODAY I WILL BE SUPPORTING BOTH OF THESE, AND I KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE BETTER ON BOTH OF THESE PIECES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE TIME AND SPACE TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT LIVE AND ARE AROUND THE FORMER THIRD PRECINCT AND THOSE IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE BEST AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REIMAGINING WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. [52:34] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, CHAIR JENKINS. I, TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING BOTH OF THESE MOTIONS TODAY. I'VE HEARD FROM LOTS OF FOLKS WHO LIVE AND work IN THE THIRD PRECINCT, AND I DON'T THINK THE BIG ISSUE IS MOVING WHERE THE POLICE ARE. PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY WORKED UP ABOUT THAT AS MUCH AS THEY ARE HAVING THE SERVICE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN OUR ENTIRE CITY. THE THIRD PRECINCT HAS THE MOST CALLS FOR SERVICE ALSO. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO FOLKS IN THE THIRD PRECINCT. I'VE ALSO TALKED TO POLICE OFFICERS WHO SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SPACE. THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE A NEW SPACE. IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, WHO AM I TO NOT GIVE THEM THAT. SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTIONS TODAY. I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE GET OUR OFFICERS OUT OF THE CURRENT SPACE THAT THEY ARE IN RIGHT NOW. EVERY TIME I GO VISIT FOR ROLL CALL OR JUST TO DROP IN, I COME OUT SNEEZING, MY EYES WATERING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT BUILDING OVER THERE, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S NOT SAFE. I THINK WE NEED SOMEWHERE FOR FOLKS TO WALK UP TO AND MAKE POLICE REPORTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THEIR HOME. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE THIRD PRECINCT IF THEY NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH AN OFFICER ABOUT ANYTHING. I'M GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE COUPLE OF YEARS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE OFFICERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE THIRD PRECINCT. [54:14] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THE DECISION IN FRONT OF US IS TO MOVE ON FROM 3,000 BUILDING. I THINK THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BUILDING. WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP IT ABANDONED. WE CAN FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS TO FINDING SOMETHING THAT'S USEFUL. THIS BUILDING HAS A LOT OF EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT. IT'S NOT REALLY SMART TO EVEN HAVE THE THOUGHT OF HAVING THE POLICE BACK IN THERE. A FEW YEARS AGO, AND I DO WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND HOPEFULLY WE END UP THIS BUILDING. I WILL EVEN ADD ALSO 2600 MINNEHAHA, A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM IT SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION EITHER. THANKS A LOT. [55:26] Michael Rainville: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. VERY QUICKLY HERE, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ FOR THESE WISE HEALING ATTEMPTS. I THINK THE WORD HEALING IS VERY GOOD AND APPROPRIATE. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON, NOT BITTER RHETORIC TOWARDS EACH OTHER. AS COUNCILMEMBER VETAW SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND CITIZENS OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS IN THE THIRD PRECINCT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN TO THE TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS, AND IT'S TERRIBLE THEY ARE CITY EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED -- WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO WORK UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. SO WE CAN'T GET HELP FAST ENOUGH IS A GOOD PHRASE. AGAIN, I THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, FOR YOUR WISE CALM DECISION HERE, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS, SHOWING GREAT LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [56:04] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE JUST TO STATE THAT I'M CLEARLY SUPPORTING THESE MOTIONS IN FRONT OF US TODAY AS WELL. I TALK TO A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE. I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AROUND THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS OFFER PEOPLE IS TO ALWAYS HAVE OPTIONS. TODAY WE'RE TAKING AN OPTION AWAY, SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF WARD EIGHT IS SERVED BY THE THIRD PRECINCT. I HEAR FROM MY RESIDENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT. MANY OF THEM WANT TO SEE THAT SITE REPURPOSED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. HOWEVER, I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE STATEMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE TODAY ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE UNWISE FOR US TO RETURN TO THE THIRD PRECINCT WITH THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES AS BEFORE AND CONSEQUENTLY IT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS. BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT OPTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN LIFE, AND WE ARE TAKING THAT OPTION AWAY. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT PALMISANO HAS ASKED TO SPLIT THIS VOTE, AND SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, WE WILL HONOR THAT REQUEST. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE REPORT, ITEM NUMBER ONE APPROVING THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CO-LOCATING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MPD STAFF CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE THIRD PRECINCT WITHIN OTHER PRECINCT FACILITIES. [58:30] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL]. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [58:49] Andrea Jenkins: THAT CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER TWO, MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ TO ELIMINATE THE CURRENT THIRD PRECINCT LOCATION 3,000 MINNEHAHA AVENUE FROM ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION FOR A POLICE PRECINCT AND FURTHER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES ITS COMMITMENT TO NOT HOUSE ANY POLICE FACILITY OR FUNCTIONS AT THIS SITE. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [59:23] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES, ONE NAY. [59:50] Andrea Jenkins: THAT CARRIES, AND THAT REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE POLICY & GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT, AND THAT REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. [1:00:08] Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE POLICY & GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 13 ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. ONE IS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT STATIONARY ENGINEERS LOCAL 70 UNIT FROM 2022 TO 2025 TWO IS STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER QUALITY OR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. THREE IS CONTRACT WITH MEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY FOR EMPLOYEE MEDICAL PLAN SERVICES. FOUR IS A CONTRACT FOR THE 2023 HOUSING COMMUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH HIV/AIDS ALSO KNOWN AS HOPWA GRANT FUNDING. FIVE IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES. SIX IS CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WITH THOMAS & SONS FOR SIGNALS AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS. SEVEN IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING WORKFORCE SERVICES. EIGHT IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR SMART DATA SOLUTIONS NINE IS FOR POLICE COMMUNITY CHAPLAIN SERVICES. TEN IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR CITY'S GEE CONTINUING SYSTEM. ELEVEN IS LEGAL SETTLEMENT RAMONE VERSUS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ET AL WITH ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER THE MINNEAPOLIS STRATEGIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE. AND 13 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CANOPY ROOTS LLC FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES, AND I WILL PUT MY NAME IN QUEUE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE QUORUM, BUT I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM 13 AS WELL. [1:01:55] Andrea Jenkins: ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU MOVING THIS REPORT? [1:01:55] Jeremiah Ellison: I WILL -- I WILL MOVE THE REPORT FOR APPROVAL AND MAKE MY AMENDMENT WHEN APPROPRIATE. [1:01:55] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON HAS MOVED THIS COMMITTEE'S REPORT, AND I SEE THERE IS A NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES IN QUEUE FOR DISCUSSION. STARTING WITH COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. [1:01:55] Jeremiah Ellison: I WOULD PULL ITEM NUMBER 13 TO MAKE THIS AMENDMENT. SORRY, I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR. [1:02:46] Andrea Jenkins: I THINK WE COULD TAKE UP THE FULL REPORT MINUS ITEM NUMBER 13 WHICH IS RELATED TO CANOPY ROOTS. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW IN QUEUE. [1:03:01] LaTrisha Vetaw: YES. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SEPARATE ROLL ON 12.3, PLEASE. [1:03:01] Andrea Jenkins: SO COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HAS ASKED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 12.3. AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, WE WILL HONOR THAT REQUEST. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. [1:03:36] Michael Rainville: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ANYTHING ON ITEM 12 TODAY. I'M JUST REALLY -- I AM ALL FOR UNARMED PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE. I THINK THESE PROGRAMS ARE GREAT IDEAS. WE'RE SEEING SOME RESULTS, BUT THERE IS NO -- IN MY OPINION, THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY. I'M NOT SEEING METRICS. I'M NOT SEEING TRANSPARENCY ON THESE REPORTS, AND IN PARTICULAR I NEED HELP IN MY WARD. I'VE TALKED TO THE STAFF. I'VE TALKED TO DR. ALEXANDER. I'VE WORKED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I'M NOT GETTING RESULTS. THE PEOPLE IN MY WARD DESERVE TO HAVE NONARMED PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF THIS CITY. PREVENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT. THESE ARE PREVENTIVE MEASURES. I WOULD ASK -- I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN HERE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT I LOOK FOR -- I'M GOING RIGHT TO THE TOP. I NEED RESULTS FOR MY WARD, AND I'M NOT VOTING FOR ANY OF THIS UNTIL I GET RESULTS. THANK YOU. [1:05:03] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. I DO SEE MS. BARNETT IN THE AUDIENCE A PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY -- I'M NOT SURE IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS. I WILL SAY I DO SEE WE PUSH FOR PEACE IN WARD THREE AT WHOLE FOODS THEY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY PARTICULARLY IN THAT AREA. I BELIEVE WHOLE FOODS IS IN WARD THREE. IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH I SEE THEM THERE CONSISTENTLY ON A DAILY BASIS. SO I THINK IT IS UNACCURATE TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT HAPPENING IN WARD THREE. I WILL INVITE MS. BARNETT TO COMMENT OR RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE INQUIRIES. [1:05:49] Enrica Barnett: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT JENKINS, AND THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR PALMISANO, AND THANK YOU ALSO COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. YOUR WARD IS THE DOWNTOWN WARD IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. WE DO HAVE OUTREACH TEAM IN THAT AREA WHICH IS TOUCH OUTREACH. AS OF NOVEMBER THE FIRST OF 2022 I HAVE DESIGNED A WORKED WITH ANALYST AND EPIDEMIOLOGIST ASSIGNED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MADE A DATABASE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEAMS HAVE TO REPORT ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE CANVASSING BECAUSE THEY ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN AREA IN THEIR OWN FIELD. AND THESE ARE YOUNG MEN -- THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE STOOD UP IN 2020, AND THEY DID SAY -- THEY STOOD UP, AND THEY MADE FOR SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAME WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WERE MANDATED BY THE COMMUNITY AND BY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO SAY DO SOMETHING AND BRING FORTH ANOTHER EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT IS EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE TWEAKED TO MAKE SURE IT FITS EVERY CITY, MODEL UNDER HAVE THAT AWARENESS AND THEY HAVE AN IT PROVIDER. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ALSO GOT PICKED UP BY THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2021 FOR 2022. AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING FOR SURE THAT WE DO PUBLIC SAFETY IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD FOR 2024 AND BEYOND. [1:07:36] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, MS. BARNETT FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT I THINK WE JUST HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WHO HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT, AND WE HOPE THAT SHE IS GOING TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE AND THOSE METRICS TO THIS PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE HOPING TO UNDERSTAND AND ACHIEVE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AS YOU SORT OF ALLUDED TO, MS. BARNETT, THAT THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY THEY HAVE OFFERED THEMSELVES IN THESE SPACES THAT REALLY ARE CHALLENGING COMMUNITY SPACES WHERE VIOLENCE IS IMMINENT, WHERE VIOLENCE HAS OCCURRED. THEY DEAL IN VERY TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS, AND IT'S IN THE MOMENT. AND SO IT IS INCUMBENT ON US TO CREATE THOSE TOOLS AND METRICS AND INSERT THAT INTO THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OUTCOMES THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEKING. SO THANK YOU. NEXT IN QUEUE WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. [1:09:26] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 12, JUST THE TOPIC YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. MY EXPERIENCE THREE YEARS AGO, THIS PROGRAM HAS HE --14 GUYS THAT ARE WALKING AND TALKING TO THE YOUTH, THE YOUTH THAT ARE STANDING AROUND WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM AND HAVE THAT ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION WITH THEM. ALL THEY REALLY WANT IS ASSISTANCE AND HELP. THEY WANT TO BE HOUSED. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIND RESOURCES TO SEE A DOCTOR OR HAVE -- BACKGROUND AND SO ON. SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALKING TO OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE WOULD NOT SEND POLICE BUT WE'RE SENDING INDIVIDUALS THAT USED TO BE ON THE STREET TO BETTER THEMSELVES, AND NOW THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THIS PROGRAM HAS HUGE POSITIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, HIGHLIGHTED, MANY MEETINGS ON THE COUNCIL. EVEN THEIR LEADER WAS INVITED ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAST YEAR -- THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. WE SHOULD CONTINUE SUPPORTING THIS AND FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF POLICING, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE WORKED. I HAVE SEEN THEM ON LAKE STREET. I'VE SEEN THEM ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND FOLKS THAT ARE TALKING TO -- WALKING AROUND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY KNOW THE COMMUNITY BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT. ALSO, ITEM NINE. THIS POLICE COMMUNITY CHAPLAIN SERVICES, I LIKE TO SEE MORE DIVERSITY WITH OTHER FAITHS IN THAT CONTRACT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. [1:11:34] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU. I'M GLAD TO WORK ON THIS WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING. INCREDIBLE WORK THAT IS NEEDED AND ASKED FOR HERE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AND HAS MORE PERSONNEL TO DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE GROUND THAT CAN PREVENT CRITICAL -- FROM HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS WORK THAT ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS KNOW ON EAST LAKE STREET ALSO TALKED ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN TALKED ABOUT RIVERSIDE, 38TH STREET, BUT IT GOES FARTHER THAN THAT, ALSO TO THE WAR -- COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI A LOT OF WORK IN YOUR IT WILL DOWNTOWN, AS WELL. LIKE THAT'S JUST PART OF THE WORK. IT'S PART OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. THIS WORK IS CITYWIDE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT, AND WHEN WE TALK TO THE CHIEF, TALK TO INSPECTOR GÓMEZ, THEY EVEN TELL US THAT THIS IS WORK THAT THEY NEED SUPPORT IN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HANDLE EVERY CALL THEY GET AND THEY NEED DIFFERENT METHODS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR CALLS OF SERVICE. I HAD A BIG TRANSIT AND -- CONVERSATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN MY WARD TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE LAKE AND HIAWATHA, HOW TO -- MAKE SURE THAT A TRANSIT SYSTEM IS SAFE, AND THIS IS PART OF THAT WORK. MAKE SURE KIDS FROM SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, SOME THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT AT, PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE STREET STRUGGLING NEED SERVICE, PEOPLE THAT NEED NARCAN, PREVENTIVE METHODS OF OVERDOSES, THIS IS THE WORK THAT IT DOES AND THIS IS THE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. I JUST WANT TO MENTION ALL THAT I ALSO LITERALLY SAW SOMEONE GET SHOT BY THE LIGHT-RAIL SYSTEM, AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD MORE SERVICES TO PREVENT THAT FROM THE FUTURE FROM HAPPENING. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD PEOPLE THAT KNEW HOW TO DEESCALATE SITUATIONS BEFORE IT GOT THAT THAT POINT. THIS IS WHY I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS WORK AND PROUD OF YOUR OFFICE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT we CAN KEEP A LOT OF OUR AREAS THAT NEED SAFETY AND COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY APPROACH DONE. THIS IS HOW WE GET THERE. ALSO WANT TO MENTION -- DOWNTOWN TOO. THIS IS PART OF THAT. I KNOW THEY SHOW UP TO THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE, DO THOSE THINGS. WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. [1:14:23] Jeremiah Ellison: FIRST, IF THERE AREN'T ANY EXPLICIT QUESTIONS FOR MY CONSTITUENT E. BARNETT, YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT. PODIUM. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. OKAY. WHEN LATRISHA'S QUESTION COMES BACK UP, WE CAN INVITE YOU BACK. WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WEREN'T STANDING UP THERE INDEFINITELY. I AM GOING TO EXPLICITLY ASK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UNDERSTANDING THEIR CONCERNS, I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS UNANIMOUSLY, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY. I THINK THAT I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH A HANDFUL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE REALLY CRITICAL OF THIS PROGRAM, AND I THINK ALL CRITICISM IS VALID. WE WORK IN THIS SYSTEM TO BE CRITICAL AND TO IMPROVE OUR SYSTEMS. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ESPECIALLY A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW ABOUT SOME OF HER CRITIQUES OF THE PROGRAM, AND WHILE I DON'T SHARE THOSE CRITIQUES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE AND ADDRESS THOSE CRITIQUES. I THINK THIS PROGRAM'S FUTURE WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND OTHER SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. GOT TO ADDRESS THEM. BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE GIVEN THIS CONTEXT, PROBABLY WON'T BE THE LAST, BUT WE ASKED THEN THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION TO STAND UP THIS PROGRAM 18 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. EIGHTEEN MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN PLAYING CATCH-UP EVER SINCE. WE ASKED THESE FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE, PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, IT'S KIND OF A MIRACLE GIVEN THE WORK THEY DO THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SOME REALLY BAD OUTCOMES. I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW GOOD THEY ARE DESPITE BEING ASKED TO STAND UP THIS PROGRAM 18 MONTHS AGAIN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HAVING TO PLAY THAT CATCH UP, THIS PROGRAM HAS GONE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO -- WENT FROM HAVING A VERY SMALL BUDGET TO BEING ASKED TO SCALE UP VERY FAST. FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO NOW THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY UNDER THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TRANSITION. THE PERSON SASHA COTTON, WHO ENVISIONED THIS, BUILT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CARE VIOLENCE, JOHN J. COLLEGE OUT OF THE CITY JOSH PEDERSON SHEPHERDED THIS PROGRAM, THIS OFFICE IS NOW TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE CITY. WE NOW HAVE A NEW PERSON WHO HAS GOT TO BE DAYS ON THE JOB AT THIS POINT. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE REIGNS OF THIS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY ENTIRE WAY THROUGH. TALKING ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT'S FOUR YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT? TWO YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION. TWO YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT. TALKING ABOUT AN OFFICE FOUR YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT BUT A PROGRAM THAT'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD, AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THE GROWING PAINS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE SETTING THIS PROGRAM UP FOR SUCCESS, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT HASN'T BEEN A SUCCESS SO FAR. I THINK IT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS, BUT HOW ARE WE SETTING THIS PROGRAM UP FOR SUCCESS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 155 YEARS, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT SERVICE. HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN PLOWING STREETS AND FILLING POTHOLES? A LONG TIME IN CITY, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT SERVICE. I'M URGING US TO NOT ABANDON THE SERVICE, CAST ASPERSIONS OVER THE SERVICE. FULLY RECOGNIZING AND RESPECTING THE CRITIQUES THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT HAVE, I'M ASKING WE ALL VOTE FOR THIS TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS TODAY, EXPLICITLY VOTE FOR THIS TODAY BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE LOOK BACK HOPEFULLY 100 YEARS FROM NOW -- NONE OF US WILL BE HERE, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT 100 YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE WILL FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SERVICE THAT WE DIDN'T SQUANDER, THAT WE DIDN'T FUMBLE ON OUR WAY TO IMPROVING IT. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THAT'S THE CONTEXT I WANTED TO GIVE. I WANT TO THANK E. AS WELL E. IS OUR INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY AND CONTINUITY HERE. SO THROUGH A LOT OF TRANSITION THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD SOME SUCCESSES. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SEE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. [1:18:57] Michael Rainville: COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON AND MS. BARNETT ASKED ME TO CHANGE MY VOTE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALM APPROACH TO THIS, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON AND MS. BARNETT. MY OFFICE EXTENSION IS 2203. CLEAR MY SCHEDULE. ON THE A LIST. COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR OFFICE AS I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS LONGER THAN I HAVE. SERIOUS NOTE, I NEED HELP IN THE THIRD WARD, AND IT'S GREAT THAT WHOLE FOODS IS PROTECTED. MAYBE THEY WON'T HAVE TO RAISE THE PRICES EVEN MORE FOR SECURITY. THAT'S ALL GREAT, BUT I NEED OTHERS. THE RESIDENTS CANNOT WALK AROUND IN -- I GET CALLS, AND I NEED THE HELP. PLEASE, HELP ME. THANK YOU. [1:20:07] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. E., CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION REAL QUICK? [1:20:07] Enrica Barnett: THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT JENKINS, VICE PRESIDENT PALMISANO, AND COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. [1:20:07] Robin Wonsley: I'M TRYING TO RECALL BECAUSE I THINK AT ONE OF THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS WHICH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE UNDER MINNEAPOLIS I DO RECALL INFORMATION SHARED ABOUT EVALUATOR PART OF SAFETY SAFETY OR OEP TO PROVIDE DATA SUPPORT. IS THAT STILL PRESENT OR ONGOING SUPPORT? [1:20:25] Enrica Barnett: YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT JENKINS, VICE PRESIDENT PALMISANO AND COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. YES. I WAS ACTUALLY PREPARED TO PRESENT AT PHS, BUT I WAS INFORMED BY MY OUTGOING INTERIM JOSH PEDERSON THAT WE NO LONGER HAD TO PRESENT. SO I THOUGHT EVERY SIX MONTHS WE WERE ON THAT I FORGOT ABOUT THE NEW STRUCTURE. IT WAS JUST LIKE -- I JUST KEPT MOVING, BUT I DO HAVE DATA, AND WE DO HAVE A DATA ANALYST ALSO EPIDEMIOLOGIST WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT CURRENT POSITION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, BUT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW OUR ANALYST IS EPIDEMIOLOGIST WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. [1:22:05] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT CLARIFICATION. I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE CITED CONCERNS AROUND NOT RECEIVING SOME DATA AROUND METRICS OF SUCCESS FOR OUR CONTRACTORS, AND I DO RECALL IN QUARTERLY UPDATE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN MPHS, I KNOW YOU HAD AN EVALUATOR AND THAT WAS BEING RESPONSIVE TO MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE RAISED, YOU ALL TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO HIRE SOMEONE, CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN DATA COLLECTION TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AROUND OUR CONTRACTORS. SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IS A CURRENT STAFF POSITION WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. SO IF THERE IS COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CERTAIN DATA POINTS PULLED, MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE FOR THE THIRD WARD, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ALL BEING BACK AT PHS BECAUSE YOU ALL AGAIN COME FORWARD WITH SUCH A THOROUGH PRESENTATION CONSISTENTLY, TO TRY TO MITIGATE MANY OF THESE CONCERNS AROUND ARE YOU ALL REALLY EFFECTIVE. I LOVE THAT YOU MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE OUR ACTUAL CONTRACTORS WHO I WILL NAME OUT OF ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES ARE THE MOST DIVERSE IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE, AND THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH SUCH DEEP PASSION ABOUT WHY THEY CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK, WHY THEY SHOW UP IN THE MIDST OF BULLETS FLYING, THEY SHOW UP WHEN PEOPLE ARE CRYING AND GRIEVING, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AROUND WHY THIS WORK IS SO MEANINGFUL AND WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP MEANS FOR OUR OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING STAFF AND SUPPORT TO DO THAT DATA ANALYSIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE PROFESSIONAL PIPELINE FOR THOSE WORKERS SO THAT THEY CAN ENSURE -- WE CAN ASSURE THEM WITH PHYSICAL SPACE BECAUSE THEY OFTEN DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ADEQUATE WAGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE OTHER FULL-TIME PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES DO NOT RECEIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OPERATING AS CONTRACTORS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. IT IS CLEAR THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THANK YOU BECAUSE THEY KEEP UPLIFTING THIS WORK. I JUST WANT TO HONOR THAT AND HONOR THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE IT'S MEETING A STANDARD OF QUALITY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT'S BACKING THAT QUALITY, AND WHILE THERE'S STILL ROOM TO GROW I WANT TO PROVIDE CLARITY ON THAT OR AT THE LEAST ALLOW YOU TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON WE DO HAVE PIECES IN PLACE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RAISED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP CONTINUOUSLY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THESE CONTRACTS TODAY. [1:24:16] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, E., PROBABLY THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE. TODAY WE'RE VOTING ON -- DID YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME THAT WE'RE VOTING ON AN EXTENSION OF HOURS FOR THE GROUPS? [1:24:33] Enrica Barnett: YES. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. WE ARE EXTENDING THE HOURS. THERE IS A GREAT NEED RIGHT NOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DATA FROM MPD MEET EVERY MONTH TO GET THEIR DATA -- THANK YOU SCOTT AND AUSTIN -- WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA AND I ALSO MEET WITH INSPECTOR ADAMS FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND SO WHEN I MEET WITH ALL MY DIFFERENT INSPECTORS THAT WE SERVE IN, THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR EXTENSIONS OF POWERS. THE CURRENT CONTRACT WAS ONLY FOR FIVE, AND SO NOW THIS EXTENSION WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT BEGINNING AT 4:00 P.M. TO 12:00 P.M. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. [1:25:18] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE GROUP THAT INTERRUPTS IN MY WARD. IN MY WARD MOST OF THE ISSUES IS ADDICTION. DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THE POLICE GOING TO MOST OF THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AT, AND I'VE SHARED MY CONCERNS WITH E. FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING 12.3 BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CURRENT HOURS THAT WE HAVE NOW BEFORE I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO WARD FOUR RESIDENTS WHY WE'RE EXTENDING TO MORE HOURS. I'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE WORK WHICH I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF HELPING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THESE ARE NOT POLICE SERVICES, THESE ARE DIFFERENT SERVICES. AND I BELIEVE WARD FOUR RESIDENTS WELCOME THE INTERRUPTERS. I ALSO THINK WE'VE ADOPTED ONE MODEL OF HOW THEY DO THINGS, AND IT'S NOT -- IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERY BLOCK. IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, BLOCK TO BLOCK THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. YOU MAY SEE VIOLENCE ON ONE, MAY SEE ADDICTION, MAY SEE YOUNG KIDS. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WARD FOUR, AND SO I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER WITH THE TIME WE HAVE ALREADY, THE CURRENT CONTRACT WE HAVE ALREADY WITH THE GROUP THAT IS IN WARD FOUR. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU, E. I LEARN SO MUCH FROM THE TEAMS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE AND WORKING ON MAKING IT BETTER, BUT AS I TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK, AT THIS POINT I CAN'T SUPPORT US ADDING ON MORE HOURS OR MORE TIME TO THE CURRENT CONTRACT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, E. [1:27:02] Enrica Barnett: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. AND I WILL BE WILLING TO SHARE ALL OF THE DATA, BECAUSE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH NARCAN WE'VE ADMINISTERED LET ALONE ON LAKE STREET BY WAY -- AND ON LAURIE CORRIDOR AND HOW MANY GUN LOCKS THE TEAMS HAVE GIVEN AWAY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF 3,000 GUN LOCKS. THEY HAVE ADMINISTERED -- AND NARCAN IS NOT FREE, BUT WE PARTNER UP WITH THE RIMLER FOUNDATION. I GO EVERY WEEK AND I DISTRIBUTE NARCAN, AND THEY GO THROUGH IT SO QUICK. GETTING THE NARCAN. JUST BETWEEN CEDAR RIVERSIDE AND SUPPORTING DINKYTOWN, WE HAVE USED OVER 1,000 UNITS OF NARCAN I KNOW FOR CONCERN TOUCH USES NARCAN EVERY DAY BECAUSE DON'T MAKE IN MINNEHAHA. THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ABOUT ALL THE SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS REQUEST WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING AND WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESOURCES, WHICH WE ARE VERY LIMITED WITH. WE'RE VERY LIMITED WITH HOUSING, VERY LIMITED WITH IN-HOUSE SUBSTANCE SUPPORT. A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT AND PREVENTION, INTERVENTION WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AT THIS CURRENT TIME, BUT I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO TURNING POINT WHO IS A VERY INSTRUMENTAL PARTNER WITH US, AND OF COURSE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO'S LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS ON HOW WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THIS INFLUX OF OPIOIDS. [1:29:16] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, MS. BARNETT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS ARE DOING EACH AND EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU CAN PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. WHEN we STARTED FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS, AS COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON SAID, WE SAID AT THAT TIME WE'RE BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS WE ARE FLYING IT, RIGHT? SO THESE REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS LIKE OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, LIKE OUR BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, THINGS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ON IN ADDITION TO A POLICE RESPONSE TO EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS AND TO REALLY BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, TO UNDERSTAND THEIR REACH, TO BE ABLE TO RESOURCE THEM PROPERLY, THESE THINGS TAKE TIME. AND I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH, AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK, WHICH IS WHY I WILL BE SUPPORTING THESE TODAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12, PULLING OUT 12.3 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. AND WE ALSO ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13 AS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AS WELL. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12, MINUS 12.3. [1:31:22] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:31:49] Andrea Jenkins: THAT PASSES, AND NOW WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 12.3. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [1:32:23] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL] >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FIVE NAYS. [1:32:46] Andrea Jenkins: THAT ITEM PASSES, AND NEXT WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 13, AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. [1:33:07] Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO ITEM 13. I BELIEVE I SENT THIS TO YOU. I MADE COMMENTS AT THE POGO COMMITTEE REGARDING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT FROM MS. GINA OBIRI. AND I WANT TO THANK MS. OBIRI FOR LAYING OUT THE CONTRACT, THE SERVICE, AND OFFERING -- THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE CONTINUE THIS FOR A YEAR MORE THAN WHAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE ITEM. IN THE MOMENT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE OR WHAT QUESTIONS WE NEEDED TO PURSUE, BUT I DID TAKE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION SERIOUSLY AND WAS ABLE TO DO SOME FOLLOW-UP ON THE ITEM. I'LL READ THE AMENDMENT. I'M MOVING TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH CANOPY ROOTS LLC FOR BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES TO READ AS FOLLOWS: AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE AND EXTENSION TO CONTRACT CON0003838 WITH CANOPY ROOTS LLC BY $1,450,000 FOR THE AUGUST 2022 THROUGH AUGUST 2023 TERM AND BY $2,900,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE AUGUST 2023 THROUGH 2024 TERM AND AUGUST 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 2025 TERMS, FOR A NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $19,250,000 FOR BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS SERVICES. THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS THAT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, AND I WANT TO THANK MS. OBIRI AND HEATHER JOHNSON FOR HELPING ME SORT OF COME TO THIS CONCLUSION AND MAKE THIS AMENDMENT. THE TEAM HAS BEEN IN A PILOT PHASE, BUT I THINK THAT THE DEMANDS AND THE APPETITE FROM COMMUNITY IS MOVING FASTER THAN OUR ORIGINAL SORT OF PLAN FOR HOW WE WERE GOING TO ROLL THIS OUT. AND I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO SORT OF TO BE ADAPTIVE, BE NIMBLE AND TO MOVE ALONG WITH COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN MANAGED BY PMI AND IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSITIONED OVER TO ONS, AND I THINK THAT IN THAT TRANSITION WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONTINUITY, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY. OUR SERVICE PROVIDER DESERVES THAT. THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW THAT THIS SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS TAKING SERIOUSLY. AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE WELCOMING A NEW DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WAN-NELSON BROWN AS STATED BEFORE MS. BROWN DAYS ON THE JOB, AND I THINK IS GOING TO NEED TIME TO UNDERSTAND HER NEW DEPARTMENT, UNDERSTAND THIS CONTRACT, AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SETTING EVERYONE UP FOR SUCCESS AS WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE TRANSITIONS, SO THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT -- MY MAIN CONCERN WAS HAVING TO COME UP WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN ORDER TO EXECUTE THIS EXTENSION. BUT STAFF REMINDED ME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THIS MULTIPLE YEARS OUT. SO THE MONEY IS ALREADY THERE. AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU. AND SO I'M OFFERING TO EXTEND THIS TO AUGUST OF 2025 INSTEAD OF AUGUST 2024, AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT IT. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AND STAFF SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. [1:37:04] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM SO PROUD TO COAUTHOR THIS AMENDMENT WITH CM ELLISON AS WELL AS PAYNE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IF WE SAY WE SUPPORT SOMETHING WE SHOW THAT THROUGH ACTION AND DOLLARS. BCR HAS PROVEN TO BE A HUGE ASSET TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM SINCE IT'S LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE CONDITION TO OUR OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS. WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT BCR HAS GARNERED A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT FROM RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC, I WILL NAME AND THIS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN PRESENTATIONS, IN RECENT STAR TRIBUNE ARTICLES THAT THAT SUPPORT HAS NOT BEEN MATCHED WITHIN CITY LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT BCR HAS EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCE OR DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED, THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT ANY OBSTRUCTIONS OR PROHIBITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN BOTH DO THE WORK THEY NEED TO DO TO EXPAND WHICH I THINK THIS IS WHAT OUR GENERAL RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE HAPPEN BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THIS TWO-YEAR EXTENSION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY GINA OBIRI OUR PROGRAM MANAGER DURING POGO'S PRESENTATION ON MONDAY IS REFLECTIVE OF THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO DEVELOP PATHWAYS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S MORE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TOWARDS SUPPORTING THIS CRUCIAL PROGRAM. I ALSO WANT TO NAME, JUST KNOWING THE RETALIATORY CULTURE OF THIS PLACE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR SHARING THOSE CHALLENGES. IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING TO ME IF YOU GOT A STERN TALKING TO FOR IT, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS BODY ALSO TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE TALK A LOT IN A GREAT DEAL ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES. OUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD ALSO BE SUPPORTED WHEN THEY SPEAK VERY HONESTLY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR WORK, LOOK TO US AS ADVOCATES AND AGAIN TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS WHEN NOT JUSTIFIED. THAT IS THE EPITOME OF SUPPORTING OUR -- AS WE CONTINUE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES RAISED, AND THIS IS ONE ACTION WE CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE EXCITED TO SEE ANOTHER OPTION THEY CAN HAVE WHEN THEY CALL 911 AND WHEN THEY'RE IN DISTRESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR GINA'S LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND COCHAIR COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON AND PAYNE FOR HELPING LEAD ON THIS WORK. [1:39:55] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SIMPLY PUT, I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS VOTE RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY TO START BCR IN 2019 IT WAS NOT CLEAR THIS WAS GOING TO BE ACCEPTED OR SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE TO GET HERE, AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE ARRIVED HERE IS SOMETHING I DEEPLY PROUD OF AND I DEEPLY ADMIRE GINA OBIRI FOR HER TENACITY IN GETTING THIS WORK MOVED FORWARD. I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF YOU OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OF THE EMOTIONS THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH IN NAVIGATING THIS INSTITUTION AND BRINGING THIS WORK FORWARD AND HOW CHALLENGING THAT'S BEEN, AND NOW IT JUST FEELS GOOD TO SAY THAT WE'VE ARRIVED AT A PLACE WHERE THERE IS CONSENSUS AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THIS ISN'T A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY ACCEPTED PROGRAM THAT IS REALLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY MEETING A NEED. I THINK HAVING THIS LEVEL OF CONTINUITY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START MAKING THIS A PART OF OUR INSTITUTION RATHER THAN JUST A PILOT, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL VOTES FOR THAT, SO THAT we HAVE AGAIN THAT STRONG FOUNDATION TO BUILD ON AS WE TRANSITION OUT OF PMI AND INTO OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY REALLY DEMONSTRATING WHAT TRANSFORMATION LOOKS LIKE. I'M GRATEFUL we'RE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS WONSLEY AND ELLISON FOR JOINING ME ON THIS AMENDMENT. [1:41:50] Andrew Johnson: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST A QUICK THANK YOU TO THE AUTHORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND TO GINA AND TO THE BCR TEAMS AS WELL FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING. THIS TRULY IS NATION LEADING WORK, AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST ON US. I REMEMBER BEFORE THE BCR TEAM WAS STOOD UP, we LOOKED AROUND THE COUNTRY AT WHO WAS DOING THIS. DENVER HAD JUST STARTED A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM. THEY HADN'T HANDLED CLOSE TO AS MANY CALLS AS THIS TEAM HAS HANDLED DONE SO SUCCESSFULLY. I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM MPD THEM SAYING, WOW, WHAT GREAT PARTNERS, we'RE SO GLAD THAT THIS WORK IS GOING ON. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY ABOUT THIS IS WHERE we PUT THE CITY'S MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS ON THIS. THIS IS A VERY VALUED PROGRAM, CLEARLY A HUGE SUCCESS AND DESERVES THAT ONGOING INVESTMENT AND COMMITMENT. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S TRULY REMARKABLE, AND IT'S SOMETHING HOPEFULLY OTHER CITIES WILL USE AS WELL. THANK YOU. [1:43:05] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. THIS IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THE CANOPY ROOTS LLC THAT IS HELPING OUR CITY TO REALIZE A BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE. SO THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO A BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE AS HAS BEEN NOTED, THE FUNDING, THE ONGOING FUNDING IS THERE. CANOPY ROOTS MAY NOT BE THE CONTRACTOR IN THE FUTURE. AND SO JUST BECAUSE we'RE KIND OF COMPLAINING WHETHER OR NOT we WILL HAVE A BCR RESPONSE TEAM WITH AMENDING THIS CONTRACT, AND I'M JUST STATING THIS FOR CLARITY THAT we ARE AMENDING A CONTRACT WITH CANOPY ROOTS LLC TO HELP THE CITY TO HAVE A BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE. WITH THAT, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:44:53] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:45:15] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU. THIS COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD SEVEN ITEMS. NUMBER ONE IS AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATION TO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR SERVICE FOR EMERALD ASH WORK. TWO IS ACCEPTING GRANT FOR SERVICES FOR SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. ITEM THREE IS ACCEPTING AN ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT TO FEMA FOR WELLNESS AND FITNESS PROGRAMS. ITEM FOUR IS THE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST INVESTIGATORS. ITEM FIVE IS APPROVING THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REQUESTING AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLLUTION CONTROL ANNUAL REGISTRATION PROGRAMS AND FEES. ITEM SIX IS AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND. AND ITEM SEVEN IS ADOPTING THE 2023 CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. [1:46:36] Lisa Goodman: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE'RE ALREADY RUNNING LONG. I HEARD AN ASTONISHING STATISTIC THIS WEEK THAT 15 OF THE WARMEST DAYS ON RECORD IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST MONTH. LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MOMENT. AND I THOUGHT WHEN COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON MADE THAT FUNNY COMMENT ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW MAYBE HE WOULDN'T BE HERE, I KEPT THINKING MAYBE NONE OF US WILL BE HERE IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING URGENT AS IT PERTAINS TO CLIMATE ACTION. AND TODAY'S ACTION IS I WOULD SAY SO MUCH FURTHER REACHING, SO MUCH FURTHER THINKING, AND SO MUCH ASSERTIVE THAN THE ORIGINAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT WE PASSED, WHICH IN ITS TIME WAS A BOLD MOVE. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BECOME MORE BOLD OVER TIME, AND I THINK WE ARE AN INCREDIBLY BLESSED CITY TO HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH ADVOCATES WHO CARE MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER AND WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE VISION OF CLIMATE ACTION A REALITY WITHIN THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THE CITY HAS WORKED AROUND THE EDGES AND DONE SOME BOLD THINGS OVER TIME, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS PLAN AND THE WAY IT PRIORITIZES PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MOST NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS BUT MAINLY NOT. THAT'S WHY I'M SO SUPPORTIVE OF IT TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT LEANS IN ON MAKING SURE THOSE WITH THE LEAST HAVE THE MOST HELP. I FOUND IN MY OWN CONSTITUENTS INCLUDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN PRINCIPLE MARCH, THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO DO AS IT PERTAINS TO WEATHERIZATION. THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS EVEN A THING. SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS MAKING THESE KINDS OF CHANGES, WE NEED TO SPEND TIME EDUCATING THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOW THEY CAN STEP FORWARD AND JOIN THE CITY AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD ON CLIMATE ACTION. CLEARLY we'RE NOT GOING TO SEE LEADERSHIP THAT IS AS PASSIONATE AND FORWARD THINKING AS CITIES. CITIES ARE REALLY THE PLACE WHERE THIS WORK IS HAPPENING. AND I KNOW THAT THE GOOD FOLKS THAT WORK IN THE SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT FEEL LIKE THEIR WORK IS ALWAYS SECONDARY OR TERTIARY, ACTUALLY, EVEN TO THE VARIOUS CRISES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE CITY OVER TIME. BUT THIS ACTION TODAY ACKNOWLEDGES THE WORK OF THE ADVOCATES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE STAFF WHO HAVE LISTENED TO WHAT THE PUBLIC HAVE TO SAY AND HAVE BROUGHT US SOMETHING VERY BOLD TO VOTE ON. ULTIMATELY, ALL OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SETTING OUT A VERY BOLD GOAL THAT WE HAVE MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO FUND WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH INFORMATION TO COME THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. I HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE TO PARTNER WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI PARTNERSHIP, AND I THINK we'RE MAKING PROGRESS. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT we HAVE SUGGESTED THE UTILITIES HAVE AGREED WITH. AND SOME THEY HAVE NOT. MANY OF THE THINGS we WANT BUT THAT HAS NOT DETERRED US FROM ULTIMATELY IN THE PAST MONTH WE'VE SEEN THE WARMEST 15 DAYS IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY. IT IS UNAVOIDABLE, AND we NEED TO ADDRESS IT NOW. THIS ACTION TAKES US FORWARD. THANK YOU. [1:50:41] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS. I AM SO HAPPY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE DEEP INVESTMENTS IN THE NORTHSIDE AND SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONES FROM THIS WORK THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL AS WE GET THAT DEDICATED FUNDING DONE. JUST LIKE COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN I DID WANT TO SEE IF STAFF—ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THIS—CAN STAND UP TODAY AND WAVE YOUR HANDS AND STAND UP. [APPLAUSE] I MET WITH MY CONSTITUENTS YESTERDAY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ALL DID IN THIS PLAN AND FOR LISTENING, FOR BEING SO ATTENTIVE, FOR BEING BOLD AND WHERE WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES, AND we'RE JUST REALLY PROUD AS A CITY COUNCIL HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AND VERY HAPPY TO VOTE IN FAVOR. [1:51:55] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT OUR CONSISTENT AND DEDICATED—HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE'S PLAN. IT WAS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL FOR US TO GET TODAY'S VOTE. YOU ALL ORGANIZED DELIVER A BOLD CLIMATE ACTION TO ADJUSTMENT PLAN THAT WILL TACKLE THE CATASTROPHES we'RE ENDURING, AS CO, WITH SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN RECENT YEARS. WE ALREADY KNOW THE REALITIES THAT EXISTED. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN SOME OF OUR MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, SO MANY OF OUR RECOGNIZED IN THIS PLAN AND THE WAYS IN WHICH we HAVE THROUGH CITY PLANNING CONCENTRATED POLLUTION IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS IT'S HAD FOR BLACK AND BROWN, INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS AND YOUTH. GLAD THERE'S A CENTERING OF THAT. I'LL ALSO NOTE, SOME OF THE COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK THAT I WORK WITH STAFF TO PROVIDE THAT WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH A TIMELINE BEING ADDED, SPECIFICALLY A TIMELINE FOR THE SECTION THAT SAID WITHIN FIVE YEARS. I RAISED THE FACT THAT CLIMATE MATTERS CHANGE CAN'T WAIT FIVE YEARS, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING NOW. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE MORE CONCRETE DEADLINES BEING ADDED. I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE LEADS WERE ADDED SO THAT THERE'S CLEARER LINES OF AUTHORITY OF WHO'S TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THIS WORK, DOING SO IN COLLABORATION TO MOVE IT FORWARD. KNOW OUR UNIONS ARE GOING TO BE SO CRITICAL IN BUILDING THE GREEN WORKFORCE THAT we NEED TO SUPPORT A BOLD PLAN LIKE THIS. [APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO KNOW IN LIGHT OF THAT, I DID BRING TWO MOTIONS THAT I'M GLAD MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES SUPPORTED AT MPHS. ONE ADDS IGR OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT PARTNER ON SEVERAL STRATEGIES SO we'RE DOING THIS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR STATEWIDE LEADERS WHO ALSO PASSED A REALLY BOLD HUNDRED PERCENT THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE OTHER ALSO PROVIDES CLARITY OF BRINGING OUR CPED AND REGULATORY SERVICE DEPARTMENT INTO THE WORK AROUND WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS we ALSO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS NECESSARY WORK. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AS COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN EMPHASIZED, THAT SUCH A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS PLAN BEING SUCCESSFUL THAT YOU ALL HAVE RAISED IS FUNDING. WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS WORK WITHOUT ADEQUATE FUNDING, AND YOU ALL CREATED THE TOTAL PRICE OF IT'S GOING TO COST SEVERAL BILLIONS TO EXECUTE THIS. THAT MEANS we NEED TO BE BOLD AS THE PURSE HOLDERS OF THE CITY TO DELIVER THE COINS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE we'RE DOING THIS WORK EFFECTIVELY. WHILE I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE DETAILS AROUND DEDICATED FUNDING TOWARDS CLIMATE INITIATIVE, CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FUND, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT MY OFFICE IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF TO ENSURE THAT OUR POLLUTION CONTROL ANNUAL REGISTRATION SO SPEAK FEES ARE GOING TO BE UPDATED TO RECOUP THE CITY'S EXPENSES ON EXISTING AND EMERGING POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS BECAUSE we NEED TO DO BETTER AS HOLDING CORPORATE... [2:14:03] Andrea Jenkins: I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT. [2:14:31] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL.] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:15:18] Andrew Johnson: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD FOUR ITEMS THE FIRST ITEM IS SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENTS. THE SECOND IS A GRANT FROM STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR THE CENTRAL CITY STORM TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ACCEPTING THAT GRANT. THE THIRD ITEM IS THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITMENTS AND THE FOURTH ITEM IS THE LEASE FOR STATE PATROL FOR STORAGE SPACE AT THE IMPOUND LOT AND I WILL SUBMIT THE FULL REPORT. [2:15:56] Andrea Jenkins: COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HAS MOVED FOR -- IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [2:16:27] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL.] >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:16:27] Andrea Jenkins: THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS AND THERE ARE TWO RELATED NOTICES. THE FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBERS GOODMAN AND JENKINS AND THE SECOND BY MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI TO AMEND THE GEE FINANCES RATES TO INCREASE THE RATES -- THOSE NOTICES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS AND WE HAVE ONE HONORARY RESOLUTION THAT WAS READ AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY? [2:17:01] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. THERE WERE A FEW FOLKS WHO I FAILED TO RECOGNIZE AND BEFORE SHE LEAVES I THINK SHE JUST GOT A COPY OF -- MISSY YOU KNOW -- I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THIS PLACE, WITHIN THIS PLACE. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW DID THIS MPHS AND WE LOST A BEAUTIFUL AFRO LATINO MEMBER STEPHANIE GASKA. SO WE WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HER. SOME FOLKS WHO ALSO DID NOT MAKE IT BUT DR. BURR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. OUR VERY OWN ASSISTANT FIRE DEPUTY MELANIE RUCKER WHO ALSO COULDN'T BE HERE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET YOU COPIES OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THE DAY GO BY WITHOUT HONORING YOU SPECIFICALLY WITH YOU BEING HERE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, YEAH, THAT'S ALL. [2:18:18] Enrica Barnett: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. I APPRECIATE THE YOU GUYS -- I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HONORING ME BUT IT'S ALL FOR THE LOVE OF THE PEOPLE. IT'S FOR LOVE OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. [2:18:46] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MS. BARNETT FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP FOR THESE PAST MANY YEARS SPONSORING NONPOLICE SAFETY INITIATIVES AND YOUR ON THE GROUND FACILITATION AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE AND OTHER PLACES. IT'S VERY RECOGNIZED. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW? [2:18:46] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO QUICK -- YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT KIND OF JOY WHEN WE STEP IN THE CHAMBERS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO QUICK RECOGNIZE TWO MORE MAGICAL BLACK WOMEN, KIM ELLISON AND SHARON EL-AMIN, I THINK THEY WEREN'T HERE TODAY BUT THEY DO -- THAT'S RIGHT SHOUT-OUT. THEY DO GREAT WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. THANK YOU. [2:19:26] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO TONI FRAZIER. WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT THE CITY I WORKED ON THE TEAM ALONG WITH GINA AND TONI FRAZIER—THE LAST THREE STANDING FROM THE OG PMI CREW—AND SHE'S A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY AND SHE'S ACTUALLY MADE MY TIME HERE AS PLEASANT AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU. [2:19:48] Robin Wonsley: [MOTION TO ADJOURN/SECOND] [2:20:07] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL.] [2:20:16] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION TODAY. BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT CLOSED SESSION, I'D TAKE UP ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS MORNING. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE? [2:20:31] Michael Rainville: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR GUESTS FROM AFRICA WHO HAVE COME TO STUDY GOVERNMENT HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI, YOU WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO FACILITATE THAT SO WELCOME TO MINNEAPOLIS AND I HOPE YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT. [2:21:02] Emily Koski: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND TO PILE ON TO THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK -- WE HAVE OUR WASHINGTON MANDELA FELLOWS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. A FEW OF THEM RIGHT NOW WHO ARE WITH US AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR TOUR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US EARLIER THIS MORNING AS WELL AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST YOUR TIME IN MINNEAPOLIS. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES SAW THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 25TH, THAT'S NEXT TUESDAY AT 10:00 AM WAS CANCELLED WE RECEIVED HE A UPDATE ON THE CHANGE ITEMS ON THE 2023 CHANGE BUDGET BUT THAT PRESENTATION IS NOT READY BUT WE'LL BE RESCHEDULING THAT FOR A LATER DATE AND TIME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. [2:21:51] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT AND, AGAIN, WELCOME TO CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, THE WASHINGTON MANDELA FELLOWS. I'LL CONTINUE TO HOST YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BEING HERE. WE HAVE A MINNEAPOLIS BLACK BUSINESS WEEK JULY 24 THROUGH THE 30TH. THIS IS EVENTS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND IT'S TO HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE AND STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR BLACK BUSINESSES. THE BLACK BUSINESS KICKOFF EVENT IS 5:00 TO 8:00 MONDAY JULY 24 AND ALSO WE HAVE A WARD 5 JOB FAIR ON JULY 25. EVERYTHING IS ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WEBSITE AND ALSO EAST AFRICAN PANEL AND RESOURCE FAIR USE OF GREAT EVENTS. WE ALSO WILL BE VISITING SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND BLACK BUSINESSES IN EACH WARD AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND REALLY THANK THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED AND -- AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENT IS SUCCESSFUL AND I'D ENCOURAGE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REALLY VISIT YOUR LOCAL BLACK BUSINESS WEEK AND JUST HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THEY DO AND HONOR THEM. SO, YES, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [2:23:28] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, FOR FILLING IN FOR ME AND I DO WANT TO JUST ADD MY NAME TO THE VOTE ON THE BLACK GIRL MAGIC RESOLUTION AND OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. BARNETT FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, YOU WERE LEADING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON OUR RESPONSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE RESPONDING TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY DURING ANY UPRISING AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IS BEYOND REMARKABLE AND INCREDIBLE AND YOU DESERVE ALL THE BLACK GIRL JOY THAT YOU CAN HAVE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [2:24:47] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NORTHEAST -- THE NORTHEAST ARTS DISTRICT WAS ONCE AGAIN, VOTED THE NO. 1 ARTS DISTRICT IN THE NATION BY "USA TODAY" SO IT'S ONE OF THE AMAZING ASSETS OF WARD 1 AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HOST IT SO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS. [2:25:11] Robin Wonsley: YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, TOO, WE HAVE QUEEN BEY COMING TO WARD 2 SO I HOPE I SEE SOME OF YOU AT THE CONCERT TONIGHT BUT IF NOT THERE ARE SO MANY ACTIVITIES THAT'S HAPPENING TO CELEBRATE OUR CONQUEROR BEYONCÉ. I ASK FOLKS TO CHECK OUT MEET MINNEAPOLIS MANY BUSINESSES ARE HOSTING AND THERE WAS A PIECE CAPTURING ALL THE EVENTS WE CAN TAP IN LIKE WHEN THE SWIFTIES WERE IN TOWN WE ALSO HAVE TONS OF EVENTS CELEBRATING BEYONCE BEING HERE AND BLESSING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH JUST HER -- I'M A FAN GIRL RIGHT NOW, YES. SO I WANT TO PUT IT OUT LIKE THIS, YES, WE HAVE A WEEK OF SO MANY BEYONCE-THEMED BUSINESSES AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES ARE SHOWING UP FOR AND ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO CHECK OUT. [2:26:26] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. I DID JUST WANT TO OFFER MY WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS FROM OUR SISTER CITY OF ELDORET THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IT'S A JOY TO SEE YOUR FACES AND TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ELDORET SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I DID WANT TO NOTE ON SATURDAY AT PHELPS PARK THERE WILL BE AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY RECOGNITION FOR A YOUNG MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE TO THE IMPACTS OF FENTANYL AND SO HIS FAMILY IS GATHERING AT PHELPS PARK TO REALLY HONOR HIS LIFE BUT ALSO TO BRING AWARENESS TO THESE ISSUES OF ADDICTION AND SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING TO OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS IN QUEUE. WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION TODAY, AND BEFORE we MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION, I WILL CONSIDER THE REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION, WHICH IS FOR ONE LITIGATION MATTER AS LISTED ON OUR AGENDA. AND BEFORE I MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING I'LL RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE REQUESTED CLOSED SESSION. [2:28:11] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CASE OF THE LITIGATION MATTER OF EWING LISK VERSUS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS CASE IS IN ACTIVE LITIGATION AND LAWYERS WISH TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL LITIGATION AND/OR SETTLEMENT POLICIES. UNDER OPEN MINNESOTA LAW, THE COUNCIL MAY UPON A MOTION CLOSE THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ATTORNEY/CLIENT COMMUNICATION. IN CONSIDERING THE MOTION THE COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH THE RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT ITS GOVERNMENT TO DO AS WELL AS THE NEEDS OF THE CITY TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY OF ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ATTORNEYS. [2:29:25] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, MADAM, I ASK THE PUBLIC MEETING BE CLOSED OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF MINNESOTA STATUTE SUBDIVISION 3B FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE LITIGATION MATTER OF EWING LISK VERSUS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MAY I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [2:29:50] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL.] >> THERE ARE 10 AYES. [2:29:50] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, THAT ITEM CARRIES AND WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC I WILL NOTE THAT THE BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL CONTINUE. THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER we'VE CONCLUDED THE CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. [2:34:59] Andrea Jenkins: I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. [2:34:59] Casey Carl (City Clerk): [ROLL CALL.] >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. [2:35:31] Andrea Jenkins: WE HAVE QUORUM, AND WE HAVE COMPLETED THE BUSINESS OF OUR SCHEDULED AGENDA TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.